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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
TONS OF PASSOVER BREAD
Hebrews of Pittsburg Will Eat
$4,000 Pounds Of it.

Great preparations are already be-
ing made among the Hebrews of the
city for the celebration of the Feast
of the Passover. The usual orders for
the unleavened bread which is eaten
during this time have been largely
sent away. The principal cities in
the United States which supply the
Hebrew population with their Pass
over bread are Cleveland, Chicago
and Cincinnati. There are bakeries
in these cities that are conducted by
Hebrews and it is only from these
that the orthodox Jew will get his
bread. The orthodox considers the
bread defiled if made by Gentle or
made along with other things. The
reformed and unorthodox Hebrew,
however, is not so particular, and
while he yet holds on to the old Gus
tom of eating this bread during the
celebration of Passover, he neyerthe-
less does not object to having it made
by a Christian baker An approx
mate estimate of the bread coming in
to Pittsburg during next week, calcu-
lating that the average family will
use about so pounds during the week
will be not less than 35, 600 pounds -
Pittsburg Com Gazette, April 5.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Prospect Atoms.

Be it observed:
That the roads are getting good
again,
That candidates are plenty as
Kansas grass hoppers.
That the Angel of Death has
again broken our ranks, and taken our
beloved citizen, B. F. Lepley Our
sympathies are with the wife and
children.
That f. W. Magee has moved
into Isaac Kelly's house; J. II. Tebay
into the Sullivan house; AL. Ralston
into Mrs. A nderson's house.
That Easter is good time to
forget all jealousies, back billings,
meanness and ofIiciousness.
That it is the best to patronize
home industries
That the croaking of the frogs,
(heavenly music) is again heard in
our meadows
That the woodbine twineth and
the whaDgdoodle mournetb, but the
young boy diggeth up the fish worm
and -goeth to the creek to catch a.
duck, and when be returneth there
from his mother gently layeth him
on her knee, and enthusiastically
scrubbeth off the creek bank.
ALTRUIsoN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
John G.. Sake Dead.

ALBANY, March 3l.-John God
frey SAKE, LII. ID the poet, died here
to day. The burial viii take place in
the Greenwood family lot in Brook
lyn
DR. SAKE, whose humorous writings
gave him an international reputation,
was a native of Highgate, Vt. and
was nearly seventy one years old,
having passed his three score and ten
last June. In his earlier days he
practiced law, but dritted into journal
ism and for five years conducted a
daily newspaper at Burlington, VI
He gravitated into politics and 1856
found him States Attorney of Yer
mont. lie was the unsuccessful
Dem ocratic candidate for Governor OF
that Whig and Republican Gibraltar
in 1859 and 1850 Away back in
those days be had wide popularity =
5 lecturer aud poet. most of his
work partaking of a quaint humor that
made them pleasant reading and
found for many Of his writings place
in tie school readers of twenty years
ago aid many of the standard publ.
cations of that day He was satiri
cal without bitterness, and the pun
gency Tat pervaded nearly every
thing he wrote made the product Of
his pen alike wholesome and refresh.
ing Among bis Published writings
of the best known are Progress" d
satire; written thirty years ago; The
New Rape cf the Lock, the Money
King" Fables and LEGENDS in
Rhy me-" Leisure Day Rhymes,
The Masquerade" aud many Others
equally popular.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Fl. Sumpter School.
FIT. SUMPTER SCHOOL, MIDDLEsEx

FT. SUMPTER SCHOOL, MIDDLEsEX TIP
EDS. CITIZEN Having finished
my term of school, desire to return
nv grateful thanks to the scholars
and patrons of No 3, for the many
acts Of kindness shown me during the
term. The number of scholars en-
rolled 80, average attendance 26
Having offered prize to the one who
made the highest percentage in weekly
examinations l am glad to say that
Mary Baker, Flora Logan and Bessie
Logan, were So very nearly ties, that
each was presented with a token OF
remembrance. My school closed
the lst, that day being appointed as
the day of our picnic. The day be-
ing favorable, it affords me pleasure
to say that we were not alone, but
accompanied by the pleasant faces o.
parents and young people of the
neighborhood who came to listen to
the exercises of the forenoon, which
consisted of declamations, essays,
reading and recitations, and also tc
help relieve the benches which seem
ed to be groaning beneath the burden
OF pies and cakes. All, after enjoying
hearty dinner and spending q
pleasant afternoon, We're again gath
cred together to bid farewell. Each
seeming to think that it had been good
for them to be there, parted, hoping
that ere long they might be called to
enjoy another dinner ct F5 Sumpter.
| again extend my thanks to the
citizens of the district for their many
words of encouragement, and tC
scholars for their cheerful obedience
MATTE GRAHAM, Teacher.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Licenses Granted.

The Court last Monday granted II
out of 3s applications for license in
this county. Among the seventeen are
5 for Butler, all hotels. While the
action of the Court might have been
much worse, yet the disappointment
and regret in this community are
quite manifest. Here we had been
living for the whole past year with
out license and no stranger or traveller
had been refused food or lodging, or
failed to be taken in and provided
for. To give the right now to sell
them intoxicating drinks would seem
to say that that accommodation was
not only more necessary" for their
c omfort than all others, but was in
fact the controlling matter under the
law. But it was supposed the recent
decis ion of the Supreme Court, made
on the law of 1857, had settled the
question and relieved the lower
Courts from any difficulty in the mat
ter. If it was decision by the Su-
preme Court-and it certainly looks
that way-then the question was set
tied. But different Judges put differ
ent constructions on what the Su'
preme Court has said, Judge Hazen
evidently thinks!with those who say
the Supreme Court did not decide to
the extent claimed. And whatever
our private views may be, or what
ever the indignation that may be
aroused by the action of any Court in
this or any other matter, it is for the
safety and the interest of society that
the decisions of all Courts be respect
ed. They decide according to their
views of the law. In the present
matter 1t has been known anu auihiI'
ted all along that the ldac itself was
wrong and should be either repealed
or changed. The remedy is coming
and will be made by the people them
selves. In the meantime it is hoped
this community will not suffer from
the abuse of liquor. Less than a
year will demonstrate the effec: of the
licenses now granted. The business
coming before the Court may also
show the result. And in the mean
time, as we say, the decisions o.
Courts are to be respected and the
majesty of the law upheld, even
where it is wrong, and until it Is
changed. =
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Worth TWP.

EDS CITIZEN:-Not having motto
ed report from any of the schools in
this twp. ! send you a short one from
Kelly school, No. g
March %, closed q tour m onths'
term of school at this place, which the
writer enjoyed very much, aid which
will long he remembered by him.
The interest manifested by the pupils
and their earnest application to their
books made it profitable one to
them.
The number OF pupils that did not
miss day during the first month
was II, the second month Is, the
third month IL and the fourth month
81. Number Of names on the roll 36.
Mollie and Florence Dickson were
not absent one day during the term.
Clara Moore and Annie Dickson were
absent but one-half day. Thomas
Moore and Lor4an Eelly were ab-
sent bat one day. Halle, Garfield
Cora and Florence Heckathora enter
ed school the third day, not having
heard Of the opening of school at the
time that it did, and from that time
did not miss g fey, Mary Dickson
also missed but two days. Average
per cent. of attendance during the
last Month, males So, females SO; dur
ing the term males 81, females 81.
Taking this opportunity Of thank-
ing the pasfaQs and pupils of the dis
trict for the courtesy and kiadness
shown to me during the past term, l
remain,
Respectfully yours.
3. W. MCJuNkIN,
Teacher.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Suffering in Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas, April "A state
ment from Atascose county sworn to
by four respectable citizens, and en-.
dorsed by the county judge, has been
received here by State Senator Wood
ward relative to the condition of the
people in that part of the State. The
statement gives the names of nine
teen families in three precincts Of
Atascosa county who are in q condi-
tion of starvation occasioned by the
drought, the total number of persons
so affected being 106 The families
have been compelled to eat the car.
casses of cattle that have died of star.
vation and are begging bread from
their neighbors to sustain life. The
statement represents deplorable
state of affairs, and appeals for aid
from the "fortunates Of other coun-
tries," saying that whatever is done
should be done at once.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
A Horrible Death.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, March 30.-Ex-
lieutenant Governor Thomas G,
Reynolds ended life of sixty-six
years in most horrible manner about
ten minutes after two O'Clock this
afternoon.
He committed suicide by thro wing
himself head first down the shaft OF
the freight elevator at the govern
ment building. He fell from the
third floor to the basement, a distance
of something over eighty feet. When
the body was picked up the head was
spasbed entirely out of shape, the
neck was broken and the trunk badly
crushed. Life was extinct.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Letter From Kansas.
BALLARDs FALLS,
Washington Co Kan. :
March 90. 1887. J

EDS. CITIzEN:-Piease allow me
space for Jew lines il one of your col
umns as | suppose my friends would
like to- hear from me and have not
time to write all personally. | am sor-
ry to tell them that | have had very
poor health for the last two years.
But [ wish to tell how we ae get
ting along, which is very we'll con
sidering the hard times,on account of
poor crops and poor prices.
| have forty head of hogs, five
head of cattle, two good horses and
the necessary machinery for farming
in this country. | am going to plant
ffty eve acres of corn this year. |
have commenced pioaghing for it. |
have finished sowing oats and plant
ing potatoes week ago The far
mers are mostly done sowing oats in
this ne,g6borhood. The weather we
had last winter ws3 very nice with
the exception of about three weeks OF
cold weather. The coldesl was about
20 degrees below zero. We have
pleasant weather this month With the
exception OF little skilt Of snow that
, came on the night OF the twenty,
siEth.
Imust ten you how prices range
here: corn from % to g3 cents bush.
el. 10 pounds to the bushel; oats 25
, cents a bushel; wheat 45 to so cents
busbel, hogs IS per hundred; prai-
rie hay So to S. dollars ton
| won!d say to my friends if there
is any of them going to come &c
Kansas now is the time to co e as
land is risir e very fast. Land that
was worth from 10 TO 20 collars an
acre when | cane, agAk be bought
for less than 20 aud 40 dollars Iow
and emigrants are still coming every
day. We 4eye beautiful country.
baye more s4ashiBe than cry other |
was ever in and more pleasant weath
er. l have never sef9 . cyclone
since have been here. A maG c4n
plough here from one month to an
Other and will not touch q stone, OF
stump, CT fost.
Wishing my friends in cid Butler
county health. wealth and happiness
/ remain yours, etc
J JOHN Fl. McCAsLIN.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Michigan Votes on Prohibition

DEr RoIT, MICH, April 5-This
has been day of intense political ex-
element throughout the State. AT
4 O'Clock this morning it was learned
that the prohibition amendment had
not been carried. When the people
who had been up to nearly that hour,
and who had gone home confident
that the amendment had carried, came
down town this morning they were
astounded to learn the truth, The
Prohibitionists claimed that fraud
had been to work since they went to
bed, and accused the opponents of the
measure of manipulating the ballots
This afternoon specific charges were
formulated, but not made public. The
amendment was lost by about 5000
and the Prohibitionists claim that
fully 10000 votes were stolen from
them in the liquor cities. Detroit's
majority against the amendment was
nearly 10000 and was alone more
than enough to offset the heavy
amendment vote polled in the rural
districts.
Chairman Dickie claims the State
Republican tonight by $4,000, but
the returns show that the amendment
was lost, although the gains coming
in will reduce the adverse majority to
mere nominal figure. The defeat is
really a victory for prohibition. The
fight will next be made on the Legis-
lature. The amendment will again
be submitted to the people and the
contest continued until decisive re.
suit is reached. In the meantime bid
goodbye 20 the political tranquility OF
Michigan aud settled values in the
liquor business.
Midnight. The later figures cut
down the vote against the prohibition
amendment so that it will be less than
5000. The Tribune claims major
ity on the Republican State ticket oi
from 10000 to $4,000, and the Free
Press comedies 1000.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Work at Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG. Pa. April

HARRISBURG, IA, Aprli D,
In the House this morning among
the Senate bills reported from com
mittees affirma;ively were:
To provide for the submission OF
civil cases, by agreement of the par,
ties, to a referee learned in law, and
authorizing the trial of civil cases be-
fore referee by jury.
For the draining of swamp lands.
Authorizing appeals from as
sessments in this State to the Courts
of Common Pleas.
An act relative to. the supervision
and control of hospitals or homes 10
which the insane are placed for treat
rnent or detention.
TO confer additional chancery
power upon the Courts of Common
Pleas.
Authorizing corporations to pur.
chase real estate at Judicial sales up
on which such corporations hold
liens
To provide for the allowance Of
credits of counties for nncollectable
State taxes.
Authorizing corporations doing
business in this State to make allow
ances of pensions to old employees fol
continued services.
A large number of petitions were
presented, praying for the passage o
the Billingsley Pipe Line bill.
The considerations of bills on fna
passage was then taken up. Among
those passed finally was one to secure
to laborers lien for their work anC
labor done IN and about the cutting
peeling, skidding, hauling, sliding
banking, irving and running of saw
! logs, squadded timber, psap timber
hoop-poles, railroad ties AM
other timber and lumber.
Also the following: To amend th'
eighth section of Gan act relating t
btu minous coal mines, and providing
for the lives. health. safety and wei
fare of persons employed therein
Approved the 18th day of June, A. ID
1885.
The act to repeal an act entitled
IAN act for the destruction of wolves
wildcats, foxes, minks, weasels ant
owls in this Commonwealth" wa!
defeated, end, after reading bill t.
provide for the better government o
cities of the fourth class, the Hous
adjourned.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
GAS AT BEAVER.
A Heavy Bond Required Before
Pipes are Laid in the Borough.

BEAVER, April "A very quiet
but quite interesting hearing occurred
in the private Office of Judge Wick
ham here to-day. The Judge was
called upon to pass upon whether or
not the Citizens Gas Company shall
give an indemnity bond of $500 or
one of 81, 900 to the Rochester Tum-
bier Works before laying its high
pressure line through the compa ny's
property The matter was brought
to head by H. C. Fry, General Su-
perintendent of the tumbler company,
asking judicial Intervention. Yester-
day afternoon the gas company's
trench diggers attempted to go into a
piece of ground near the works to con-
tinue the trench digging. They were
told not to strike pick until the tum-
bier company was properly secured
against any possible damage. The
Superintendent of the gas company
went to the Office of the tumbler works
and asked why his men had been
stopped. He was told, whereupon he
said be would give bond for $500.
This the tumbler company refused
and asked that it be made $4,000
The gas people. declined to accede
to this request and the matter thus
rested until to-day. At 10 O'Clock
this forenoon representatives OF both
companies, with their attorneys, ap.
peared before Judge Wickham and
laid the matter before him. The
Judge decided that it was asking
nothing out of the way in requiring
the gas company to file bond of in
demnity to the tumbler company in
the sum of $4,000, as the company
has valuable property near where 1t is
proposed the new line .shall run, and
$500 would not be heavy enough a
bond.
The borough authorities at Roches-
ter have also been on the lookout for
the compsny's men to-day to prevent
them from tearing up the streets OF
the borough, The right of way has
been given, but the company has not
vet filed it's bond for the town either.
In view of the turn affairs took before
the Judge this afternoon it is highly
probable that the bond to the borough
will be filed at once.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
DE ATHS-

SIMMERS-O Thursday, March 81, 1887
at his home in Buffalo twp, Mr. George
SINNERS aged q years.
MCCOY-At his home in Harrisvile Sun
day, April 3, 1857, Mr.. John p. Mccoy
aged 81 years.
MORRIS-At her home in Washington twp
Friday, April 1, 1887, Mrs George Morris
aged about sixty years
Mrs. Morris Was buried in the Lutheran
Cemetery at North Washington last Sunday,
and her six grown up sous, the youngest q
whom is about 2l years of age, acted a
pall-bearers.. She was the mother of twelve
children, all of whom are living and, thi,
was the first death in the family.
LEPLEY-At his home in Prospect, Friday
April 1st, 1887, DR.. b. +. Lepiey. dentist
aged aboqt 81 years.
WELSH-At her home in Oakland twp.
Sunday, April Sd, Mrs. Ellen Welsh, wild
ow of Laurence Welsh, aged about 81
years.
KEMPER-On April 4, 1887. Lulu, daugh
ter of Frank Kemper, OF, Butler, aged
years.
PORTER-On Thursday, March 81, at hel
home in Sunbury, Mrs. Porter, wife OF
William Porter, aged about 81 years.
FLETCHER-On Wednesday, April s, in
Butler, at a. m, at Mr.. A. c. Morrison's
Mrs. Auna Mary Fletcher, aged 81 years
and months.
PFEIFER-In Saxonburg, this county
April l. 1887, Mrs. Pfei4er, wife of Mr.
Charles. Pieifer, aged about 30 years.
DOYLE-In Concord twp, Tuesday, March
%, 1887, Mrs. Catharine Doyle, aged 81
years.
GIBSON Monday, March 2S, 1887, infant
daughter of Frank Gibson, of Bcun.
ENGLISH-At her home in Muddycreek
twp, Friday, April l., 1887, Mrs. Margaret
English, wife of James English, aged ID
years,
Her maiden name was White She
was first married to Mr.. Charles
Moore and had seven children. AT
ter his death she was married to Mr..
James English, on Feb 20th, 1852,
and was the mother Of two boys.
She was a member Of the U p.
congregation, of Mountville, loved
the gates of Zion, honored her pro
fession and was highly respected, not
only in her home circle, bat among
the members of her profession. For
about two years she has suffered in
the furnace of affliction and bore it
with cheerful patience till nature gave
way and she departed this life on her
18th birthday, and was inferred at
Mouutville Church-yard on the 4,h
of April, which happened to be the
birthday of her husband, who doubt
less feels that his loss is her eternal
gain.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
The Billingsley's Bill.

HARRISBURG, PA, April 5 In the
House to-day Criswell presented a
petition of citizens of Oil City and
vicinity praying for the passage of
the Billingsley Oil bill, and Dough
erty presented a remoustrance from
the oil producers of Parker and vicin-
ity against the passage of the Bill
Kingsley bill.
Billingsley moved to suspend the
rules for the purpose of proceeding to
the immediate consideration of his
bill to reduce the rates of oil pipeage
and storage.
AS two-third vote was required
the motion was loet-yeas, l04; nays
GA The bill will not be- reached
again until next Tuesday unless con,
sidered out of order.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
Blaine's Trip.

The Hon. James &. Blaine is now
on q western trip, as far west rs Fort
Wichita, Indian Territory. a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lieut.. Col. Coppinger, of
the U. s. Army, resides there with
her husband and she bad been prom.
ised visit from her father for some
time back. On his way he stopped al
ST. Louis and was accorded roya
reception.
But he rssolutely refuses to tall
politics or make any speeches, and
declines all attempts to engage him
in conversation about the Presiden
tial election of 1888. The trip viii
occupy about twenty days.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-04-08
COMMUNICATIONS,
w. C. T. U. RESOLUTIONS.

w. G. I. u. RESOLUTIONS.
On the Action of the Court
Granting License in
this County.
At a meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Tues
day April 9Th, 1887, the following
resolutions were unanimously y ad opt
ed:
WHEREAS, The Court of Quarter
Sessions of Butler County, in the
matter pertaining to the granting OF
license to sell intoxicating liqnors,
has seen fit in its decision to utterly
disregard and ignore the wishes and
testimony of q large majority OF the
best citizens of this county and in
the face of the improved condition OF
affairs during the past year, and in
avowed contempt for the dictum OF
the Supreme Court, in the exercise OF
purely arbitrary discretion, and, in
many cases in spite of the clearest
evidence as to the unfitness of the
applicant, has granted to seventeen
men the authority to sell Intoxicating
drinks, without assigning a reason,
Therefore be it
Resolved, lst That as members OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and On behalf of more than
5000 remonstrants who represent The
law abiding, temperance christian
sentiment of this county, we hereby
enter our protest against this high
! handed judicial outrage
Resolred, ID. That we hereby give
notice, that we will not appear again
before this Court, as remonstrants, SC
long as the present Judge occupies
the bench, and that we will hold the
Judge responsible for the evils and
crimes that will inevitably result
from the licensing of the sale of in.
toxicating drinks
Resolved, 3D. That we express
our heartfelt sympathy with the men
| who having been enabled during the
past year to overcome the appetite
for strong drink, are again exposed
TO the tempter in the form CT the
open saloon and with the wives and
mothers to whom the. news of the
Courts strange act has brought heavy
hearts and tear-flled eyes.
RESOLVED, 4th. That in the face
of this mysterious action Of the
Court, we pledge ourselves to re
newed effort in every line of the cause
so dear to US, and avow our intensi-
fed and undying hostility to every
form of the legalized liquor traffic.
Resolved, 5th. That our sincere
and heartfelt thanks are due, and
are hereby rendered to our attorneys
for their faithful and conscientious
labors on our behalf; and we express
our unbounded confidence in their
ability, as evidenced by the skillfuI
manner in which they conducted our
case.
RESOLVED, 9th, That we request
the newspapers of the county to pub
lish these resolutions in connection
with detailed statement of the mum
| Der and character of the remonstrants
" hose wishes have been SO arbitrarily
disregarded.
By ORDER OF THE U MON.